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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:00 AM

Major defeat for Bush/Obama position on secrecy

An appellate ruling severely limits presidential powers of secrecy used to bar lawsuits claiming illegal government behavior.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009 03:12 PM

    Thanks, Glenn

    "This comment clinched it. I'm going to write about this mentality tomorrow." It's really ugly.

    Beginning with the Great Secret FISA Plan and with no end in sight, these are getting increasingly painful. I don't know how you stop yourself from deleting them outright.

    —EJ Read EJ's other letters

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